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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Josh Dolega

ALPTAS

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$102,755

0.7× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026

Of which $88,077 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $348k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $32,951
  2. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $21,433
  3. Office Administration
    $17,564
  4. Office Facilities
    $14,678
  5. Travel Allowance
    $11,423
  6. Family Travel
    $2,081
  7. Other Car Costs
    $1,634
  8. Telecommunications
    $568

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $32,950.73
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $14,677.94
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,695.00
  4. Printing and Communications 7 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,609.00
  5. Printing and Communications 7 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,492.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-31
    $1,932.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,610.00
  9. Canberra to Melbourne 13 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Melbourne
    $1,544.56
  10. Electorate Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-16
    $1,311.00

Sources

  • Headline, category breakdown, and largest claims: IPEA quarterly expenditure report, 2026Q01 — sourced from data.gov.au/data/organization/ipea.
  • Trend line: same source across 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 2026Q01). Median-MP comparison computed across all parliamentarians active in each quarter.
  • Identity: party, state, electorate, and role are read directly from the source CSV. From 2022Q03 onwards, MPs are tracked by a stable IPEA OfficeCode; earlier rows match by name.
  • Repayments sourced from the IPEA quarterly repayments CSV (available from 2022Q03 onwards). They are reported as a separate line, not netted off the gross total — ReportingPeriodId on a repayment marks when the money was paid back, not when the original claim was made. Adjustments are still not integrated. See methodology for the full list of caveats.